Obsessions and convictions of the human intellect / by F.W. Westaway.

  • Westaway, F. W. (Frederic William)
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[1938]
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Publication/Creation

London ; Glasgow : Blackie & son, limited, [1938]

Physical description

xi, 1 unnumbered page, 2 leaves, 528 pages, IV plate : illustrations, diagrams ; 23 cm

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Notes

"First published in 1938"

Contents

Charlatanism and chicane.--Alchemy: (I) The philosophers' stone and the elixir of life.--Alchemy: (II) The transmutation of metals.--Witchcraft.--Perpetual motion.--Squaring the circle.--The fourth dimension.--Space and time: finite or infinite?--Science: certainty or doubt?--Philosophy: knowledge or speculation?--Religious persecution.--Theism: the creeds of the Christian churches.--The Christian creeds again: immortality.--Belief and truth.--Questions.

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"Books for reference" at end of each chapter except the first two and the last

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    History of Medicine
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